proactivity
Acting before needed
Proactivity is the quality of acting in anticipation rather than merely responding to events.
Someone with proactivity identifies problems before they escalate and creates opportunities rather than waiting for them: Her proactivity in addressing customer complaints prevented a PR disaster.
The term belongs to business and self-help contexts, where it contrasts with reactivity.
Self-directed action capacity
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- self-starterOne with initiative
willpower · perseverance · tenacity · gumption · diligence · commitment · persistence · dedication
Ability to anticipate futures
- preparationArranging things in advance
- planningArranging for future events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- readinessState of being prepared
prediction · contingency · precaution · vigilance · alertness · awareness · prudence · prevention
Imaginative planner of futures
- long-termLasting extended period
- farsightednessBlurred near vision condition
- planningArranging for future events
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
insight · acumen · deliberation · consideration · circumspection · calculated · intentional · goal-setting
Gaining authority or confidence
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- innovationCreating something original
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
decision-making · agency · self-direction · ownership · boldness · courage · trailblazing · pioneering
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
self-starter · willpower · perseverance · tenacity · gumption · diligence · commitment · persistence · dedication · assertiveness
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
- preparationArranging things in advance
- planningArranging for future events
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
readiness · prediction · contingency · precaution · vigilance · alertness · awareness · prudence · prevention · preemption
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- long-termLasting extended period
- farsightednessBlurred near vision condition
- planningArranging for future events
perspective · insight · acumen · deliberation · consideration · circumspection · calculated · intentional · goal-setting · prioritization
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- innovationCreating something original
resourcefulness · decision-making · agency · self-direction · ownership · boldness · courage · trailblazing · pioneering · catalyst
- motivationmotivation, drive, motivate, inspire, encouragement
- work ethicdiligence, hard worker, industriousness, go-getter, hard work
- workplace buzzwordsinnovation, teamwork, synergy, collaboration, forward-thinking
- responsesresponse, answering, answer, reply, replying
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
proactivityreactivity
Tendency to chemically combine
reactiveness · responsiveness · waiting · firefighting · damage control
proactivitypassivity
State of non-resistance
inaction · passiveness · inertia · inactivity · lethargy
action, active, activity, react, reaction, activate, interact, transaction, proactive